Privacy Policy

ITProPortal.com is owned and operated by

Net Communities Ltd.

4th Floor,

54/55 Margaret Street

London.

W1W 8SH

United Kingdom

 

Net Communities Ltd., the publisher of ITProPortal.com, is committed to the online privacy of all users. We aim to be open with you about how we collect personal information about you and what we use this information for.

This privacy policy sets out how “ITProPortal.com” uses and protects any information that you give “ITProPortal.com” when you use this website.

Due to the fact that ITProPortal.com is constantly evolving and changing, you are advised to check this page regularly for updates. This policy is effective from 16^th August 2007.

 

Our Commitment To Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.

Our privacy policy addresses the following issues:

1) Information ITProPortal.com collects/tracks about you and what it is used for.
2) Correcting and updating your personal information.
3) Opting out of communications from Net Communities.
4) Third parties and your privacy.

1) WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND WHAT WE USE IT FOR

We may collect the following information:

·         name and job title

·         contact information including email address

·         demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests

·         other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

Registration - At the registration page, we require you to give us your email address. More information can be provided on the second registration page at the user’s discretion to qualify for special offers and competitions.

This information has a number of uses. It enables us to provide you with a personalised experience. Your email address is used to send our newsletters and important site alerts.

We share demographic information in an aggregate format - never identifiable individual data - with our sponsors to help them understand our services and our advertising reach.

For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.

We use this information when conducting research and usability studies to enable us to provide you with a better user experience.

Log files - We use IP addresses to help us administer the site and monitor general user movement around the site. This data is only ever used in aggregate format and never used to identify individual users.

Cookies - A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.

Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Please be aware that advertisements on ITProPortal.com may also contain cookies. Cookies received with banner ads are collected by ad companies and we do not have access to this information.

Competitions & Surveys - ITProPortal.com runs competitions from time to time and may request information from you as part of the conditions of entry. This information is provided by the user on a voluntary basis. We will not pass your information on to third parties. Entrants will receive an email notifying them of the competition outcome. This may contain details of further promotions.

When completing surveys on ITProPortal.com, only those users who complete their relevant details at the end of the survey will be entered into the free prize draw. Please check the terms and conditions that are published with each competition and prize draw for full details.

Email a friend - To use the service you must enter the recipient(s) email address(es). The recipient will then receive an email from ITProPortal.com with the link to the article and further information on ITProPortal.com. This email may also include details of promotions or competitions. We monitor the titles of articles that are sent and this data is used on an aggregate only basis to help us improve the site. Email a friend recipients may also receive a once only email from Net Communities providing further information on ITProPortal.com.

Newsletters - Our newsletters are sent to users who request this service at registration or subsequently via the appropriate function on the site. They may also be sent to people who requested information about technology news and/or on our partner sites. Our newsletters may contain offers from our partners which we believe are of value to ITProPortal.com users. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletters, please see the opting out of communications section below.

Site updates - It is occasionally necessary to send all users of ITProPortal.com important alert messages when there are specific changes that may affect your ability to use the site you have signed up for. Net Communities reserves the right to send these alerts but agrees to keep these to an absolute minimum.

Information to third parties - From time to time, Net Communities may pass on your details to partners and third parties who we believe provide services that will be of interest to you. This is only done where your consent is received. If you do not wish to receive this information, please tick the opt-out box at the bottom of the registration page.

Net Communities may also divulge information to third parties when compelled to so by law or to protect the rights of property of Net Communities or its partners or to protect the personal safety of Net Communities employees, employees of partner companies or members of the public.

2) CORRECTING AND UPDATING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may choose to change the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

·         whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, check the opt-out box to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes

·         if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us using the contact form here.

·         You can amend personal details entered at registration by going to the 'My profile' page at http://www.ITProPortal.com/user/profile

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required to do so by law. Your personal information may be used to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting. This is an opt-in option.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. Please contact us for more details. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to.

ITProPortal.com

4th Floor,

54/55 Margaret Street

London.

W1W 8SH

United Kingdom

3) OPTING OUT OF COMMUNICATIONS FROM ITProPortal.com.

There are two options for opting out of communications from ITProPortal.com. All newsletters can be unsubscribed from by following the instructions given at the bottom of each newsletter. Alternatively, you can also contact us using the contact form here.

4) THIRD PARTIES AND YOUR PRIVACY

Net Communities takes all reasonable precautions to keep the information you have disclosed to us secure. We will only disclose your information to third parties we believe to be responsible and where we have your permission. We are, however, not responsible for any breach of security or any of the actions of any third parties which receive this information.

By the very nature of the site, ITProPortal.com provides links to a wide variety of other sites and advertisers. Once on these sites, ITProPortal.com does not control the collection and use of user information. Should you have any questions about how this information is used you should contact the respective sites directly.

If you have any queries concerning our privacy policy or concerning your personal information please contact our Content Editor, Désiré Athow using this contact form.